Challenging Uyghur Muslim Identity: More Enforcement, Worse Results
Following deadly attacks in Beijing, Kunming and Urumqi over the last year, the East Turkistan (Xinjiang) government has intensified its efforts to regulate Uyghur religious activities. The provincial government has once again reinforced its ban on Ramadan fasting for Uyghur civil servants and students in 2014, as it has frequently done since at least 2001.…